Awning-fixture.



R. H. WEAVER.

AWNING FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED DEG.7,1911.

1,054,476, Patented Feb. 25, 1913.

L 25 26 J0 15\ 2 x, g i 1% I 1 l I I i i l E I i i %-12 I, l l L j (I i I g said fabric as the same, with the head rod ROBERT H. WEAVER, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

AWNING-FIXTURE.

Application filed December 7,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25, 19113.

1911. Serial No. 664,315.

To all whom, it may concern Be it known that 1, Ronnn'r H. mvnn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved rhvningl ixture, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are: to provide hanging fixtures for the head bar of awnings, simple, economical, durable, and which may be quickly installed and removed from service position; and to provide sockets for hanging fixtures of the character described, adapted to hold the fixtures in a substantially vertical position, to avoid the cramping of the fixtures and the rod when in service relation.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which- Figure 1 isa front view of a skeleton frame, the mounting fixtures whereof are constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a detail view, on an enlarged scale, showing in side elevation one of the end hangers of the head bar, the said head bar, awning and operating cord being shown in section therein; Fig. 3 is a similar view of one of the intermediate hangers; Fig. 4 is a side view of a modified form of one of the end hangers; and Fig. 5 is a detail view showing a wall socket for said fixtures.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings, I have shown the head bar 10 and frame 11 in service position, the awning fabric being indicated by dotted lines, and the frame 11 being suspended in horizontal position by operating cords 12, 12, In the service position of the parts mentioned, the cords 12, 12 are threaded through small pulley blocks 13, 13, one of said cords being carried intermediate the blocks 13 through a drop loop 14 formed on each of the intermediate head rod hangers.

As best seen in Fig. 2, the pulley blocks 13 are formed integral with a split ring 15. The split ring 15 is adapted to receive the head bar 10 when the same has bound thereabove the awning fabric 16. The opening between the ends of the split ring 15 are rounded and smoothed to avoid cutting the 10, is slid into the service position through the said rings.

li'ltegrally secured to the ring 15 is a supporting hook 17, which is adapted to be inserted in sockets 18, provided with wall plates 19. The wall plates 19 are furnished with suitable piercings 20, through which any suitable form of fastening device may be driven into the wall of the building.

Between the sides of the block 13 is mounted in bearings formed therein a pulley 21, over which is passed the operating cord 12.

in the modified form shown in Fig. 4, the ring 22 is constructed separately from the block 23. The block and ring in this form are joined by a swivel rivet 24, which is integrally formed on the ring 22 and headed in the channel of the block 23. Between the sides of the channel of the block 23, in this form, is mounted a pulley 25.

Intermediate the rings 15, the rod 10 is supported by rings 26, seen best in Fig. 3 of drawings. The rings 26 have front openings similar to that formed in the rings 15, At the rear or inner portion of the said rings 26, there is formed a drop loop 14 in which a pulley block of usual construction is hung. The rings 26 have the hooks 17 for insertion within the socket 18.

When installing an awning having fixtures constructed and arranged as described, the wall plates 19 are adjusted relative to the window or door opening with reference to the proposed disposition of the awning being installed. The rings 15 and 26 are then installed in service position, the hooks 17 thereof being dropped into the sockets 18 of the plates 19. The head rod 10 is now threaded through the rings 15 and 26. The frame 11 is adjusted with reference to the hang of the awning and secured in service position. The operating cords 12, 12 are then threaded through the blocks 13, and one of the said cords is carried across the head of the window, being supported at intervals by the pulley block carried by the drop loop 14. The awning is then in service position.

\Vhen it is desired to dismantle the awning, this is accomplished by releasing the frame 11 from its attachment to the window or door jamb, withdrawing the operating cords 12, 12 from the blocks 13 and pulley supported in the drop loop 14, sliding the head rod 10 from out the engagement with the rings 15 and 26, and removing the rings 15 and 26 from the sockets 18. This operation is simply and quickly eflected, and when effected, leaves the window or door opening unmarred, and with no unsightly and conspicuous fixtures attached thereto.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent As an article of manufacture, a head rod ring split at the forward side to permit the passage to the center of said ring of an awning fabric, said ring having integrally formed therewith a straight shank hook, and said ring being further provided with a pendent loop opening into the centenof said ring said loop being disposed adjacent said hook.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two supporting witnesses.

ROBERT H. WEAVER.

Vitnesses E. F. MURDooK, PHILIP D. ROLLHAUS.

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